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| 04.01.2008 |
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Russ Halliday, Maintenix Product Manager, Mxi Technologies
Russ Halliday, Maintenix Product Manager, Mxi Technologies Russ Halliday is the Maintenix product manager at Mxi Technologies. Halliday works to understand customer and market requirements in order to direct...
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| 04.01.2008 |
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Aviation Safety Managements Systems
Aviation Safety Managements Systems What would W. Edwards Deming say about aviation safety management systems? Deming died in 1993 but many of his quality and management principals and concepts keep surfacing...
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| 04.01.2008 |
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A Mechanic’s Guide to Fall Protection Systems
A Mechanic’s Guide to Fall Protection Systems Fall protection may not be the first thought when climbing atop an aircraft to perform a minor repair. If a task will only take five minutes, the risk of falling...
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| 03.06.2008 |
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The Truth Behind The Lies
Mark Twain once said, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.” Well, the latest statistics about the aviation industry are not only truthful; they’re reassuring. According to the Teal Group and G2 Solutions, two...
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| 03.06.2008 |
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John Casker, President, Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA)
Before joing PAMA, Casker managed membership and chapters on national and international levels, affiliate society formation, and exhibit and sponsorship development for SAE International. He is also a veteran of the U.S. Army. AM: What type of experience do...
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| 03.06.2008 |
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A Casual Pickup Encounter
While conducting an aviation safety audit of air charter operator in the Houston, Texas area, I had to return to my hotel about noon to retrieve some work material. I was driving a rental car and had the windows up and the air conditioner...
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| 02.01.2008 |
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Tool Crib
Machida Inc.’s FBA-4B-100P Machida Inc. is a manufacturer of quality flexible borescopes for visual inspection of aircraft engines and airframes. Machida provides specialized engine inspection kits, blending...
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| 02.01.2008 |
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Aviation Today
In her farewell speech September 11, 2007, at the Aero Club of Washington, D.C., former Federal Aviation Administrator Marion C. Blakey proclaimed, "This is the golden age of safety, the safest period in...
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| 02.01.2008 |
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Change Agent
Peter N. Stein is a base chief pilot for Johnson Controls and has more than 20 years in corporate aviation, 11,000 flight hours and five jet type ratings. He is a member of the Flight Safety Foundation...
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| 02.01.2008 |
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Industry Insights
If you were a child of the seventies you’ll remember a 1976 movie called "Logan’s Run." The story line was all about some people living in a utopian society who gathered on their 30th birthday to...
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| 01.01.2008 |
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Change Agent
Dany Kleiman completed his full-time service in the Israel Air Force in 1991, serving in the aircraft department of the material directorate and achieving the rank of major. He joined the Israel Aircraft...
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| 12.01.2007 |
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Tool Crib
New Prodigy Truckmount Released by Powerplus PowerPlus Inc. has released its new Prodigy truck mounted carpet-cleaning machine. This unit is advanced over its predecessor, the Banshee, and is the company’s...
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| 12.01.2007 |
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Aviation Today
Back in medieval times, when I was a college student in my native Boston, I typed all of my term papers on a battered manual typewriter, the personal computer was only a gleam in Steve Jobs’ eye, and my...
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| 12.01.2007 |
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Industry Insights
Both terms, in the early 1990s, slowly started appearing in aviation publications, seminars and the aviation safety lexicon after release of an NTSB fatal accident report. The report concerned the Brent...
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| 12.01.2007 |
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Change Agent
Imadedeen Al-Farahid received his BSc in electronic engineering in 1980 and has garnered many certificates since then by taking courses in electrical systems to ramp safety. Al-Farahid continues his education...
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| 11.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Tool Crib
Yaktrax’s User-Friendly Ice Traction Device for Shoes They are stretchy and easy to put on and take off and will conform to the length and width of nearly all types of shoes and boots. The hand-wound coils...
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| 11.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Aviation Today
Composites represent the most important improvement in aircraft construction since the introduction of aluminum in the 1920s. The adoption of these "miracle materials" is sweeping all sectors of...
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| 11.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Industry Insights
As an A&P mechanic with a more years of experience than I’d care to admit, I am often asked by high school students whether I would recommend they follow this career path. Having spent the largest...
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| 11.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Change Agent
Volo Aviation, LLC is an aircraft operator based in Bridgeport Conn. Slover holds an A&P license with an IA. Slover currently sits on NBAA’s Maintenance Committee and describes TRACS, the scholarship...
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| 10.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Tool Crib
Secure Your Aircraft with Battery Lock You may recall the story of the 22-year-old charter pilot that stole a Citation VII from the ramp of a Florida airport and took it on an illegal joyride. Although there...
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